Overview
I am an editor with more than a decade of New York publishing experience and wide-ranging tastes. Over the years, I've acquired and edited a unique mix of literary fiction, thrillers, contemporary historical fiction, upmarket book club fiction, cross-genre fiction, memoir, and narrative nonfiction – including a forthcoming narrative history of the first women officers in the Boston Police Department, who were hired during the 1970s to achieve both racial and gender parity, and a memoir by the writer and cocreater of the Netflix Original Cam.I've published multiple New York Times bestsellers, and my authors have won or been finalists for major national and international awards, including The Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, the Edgar and Eisner Awards, the PRISM Contest, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction, the Desmond Elliott and Dylan Thomas Prizes, the International DUBLIN Literary Award (formerly the Impac Prize), the Southern Book Prize, and the Women's Prize for Fiction (formerly known as the Orange Prize); several of my acquisitions were optioned for T.V. and film, and another was a National Reading Group Month Great Reads selection.I hope you'll always feel free to circle back to me with questions about my work. In the meantime, thanks so much for visiting.Yours,Elizabeth
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Fiction
Cultural & Ethnic
Historical Fiction
LGBTQ Fiction
Literary Fiction
Thriller & Suspense
Women's Fiction
Languages
English (US)
Certifications
- Graduate Certificate; The Columbia Publishing Course
- B.A. in American Studies, with a focus on cross-currents in American identity; Columbia University
Work experience
Kevin Anderson & Associates
Oct, 2019 —
Present
A ghostwriting and editorial firm with offices in New York City, Los Angeles, and Nashville, Kevin Anderson & Associates' team of New York Times bestselling writers and editors works with publishers, agents, and authors to plan, write, and/or revise full-length books, book proposals, and other related content.
As Senior Editor, I develop the editorial strategy for a wide range of projects, ensuring quality content while facilitating successful partnerships between clients and collaborators.
Picador USA
Mar, 2011 —
Jun, 2019
(over 8 years)
After being hired as an Editorial Assistant, I worked my way up to Editor, building a diverse list of bestselling and internationally acclaimed authors while supporting Picador's Executive Editor, who focused primarily on nonfiction; her incredible roster of authors and journalists included Jabari Asim (author of WE CAN'T BREATHE, a finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay), Katha Pollitt (PRO), Scaachi Khoul (ONE DAY WE'LL ALL BE DEAD AND NONE OF THIS WILL MATTER), and Dr. Damon Tweedy (author of the NYT bestselling memoir BLACK MAN IN A WHITE COAT).
I also managed a portion of the Picador/FSG reprint list and published Robin Sloan (the NYT bestselling author of SOURDOUGH and MR. PENUMBRA'S 24-HOUR BOOKSTORE); Andre Aciman (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME); the writer and activist Terry Tempest Williams (author of THE HOUR OF LAND and WHEN WOMEN WERE BIRDS); C. E. Morgan (author of THE SPORT OF KINGS, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize); and many others in paperback.
The Book Report Network
Sep, 2010 —
Mar, 2011
(6 months)
My very first publishing job was at the Book Report Network, a company that runs community sites for readers and whose mission is to connect them to books and authors. I wrote copy and researched editorial features for four of their six websites, managed user-generated content and contributed book reviews and blog posts, and organized seasonal blog promotions featuring authors I idolized. It offered me a birds-eye view of the industry that I continue to apply to my work to this day, while also introducing me to the excitement and challenges of helping books find their intended audience.
Portfolio
It has been 182 days of vodka and insomnia since Geri Molloy got dumped. A twenty-eight-year-old investment banker, Geri counts the days since her breakup with the same determination that has made her serious capital on her firm's London trading floor. But it ... read more
LONGLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZENEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE"This book moved and provoked me in ways I can't fully articulate....Extraordinary."—Anna Paquin (True Blood)A seventeen-year-old girl pieces together the mystery of her mother's life and... read more
"A love letter to sisterhood, Frank Sinatra, late-in-life romance, and the enduring ties of family. The book's narrator calls to mind a Boston-Irish Olive Kitteridge, as peppery as she is big-hearted."―Sally Koslow, author of The Widow Waltz and The Late, Lame... read more
Winner of the Author's Club Best First Novel AwardA Finalist for the East Anglian Book Award for FictionOne of The Guardian's Favorite Reads of the Year (Chosen by Jenny Rohn) “The Last Pilot made me cry and brought back all my old Right Stuff feels. A brillia... read more
"I can’t remember the last time I read a book I wish so much I’d written. Treeborne is beautiful, and mythic in ways I would never have been able to imagine...I can’t say enough about this book."―Daniel Wallace, national bestselling author of Extraordinary Adv... read more
Winner of the Lascaux Prize in Fiction One of The Millions' Most Anticipated Books of the Year • A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • Named a Best Book of the Year by Shelf Awareness and One of the Best Environmental Fiction Books of the Year by Eart... read more
From Alan Glynn, the award-winning author of Limitless, comes a novel of a twenty-first-century identity crisis that will thrill you from page one.Danny Lynch didn’t sign up for this, but right now, it’s all he’s got. Three weeks ago, he was working at a chow ... read more
"[Receptor], Alan Glynn's sequel to The Dark Fields (the inspiration for the film Limitless starring Bradley Cooper), grippingly imagines the origins of MDT-48―the series' infamous 'smart drug,' which realizes remarkable human potential."―Entertainment Weekly ... read more
ONE OF PUBLISHERS WEEKLY'S TEN MOST ANTICIPATED MEMOIRS OF THE SEASON AND A REFINERY29 BEST BOOK OF THE YEARIF YOU THINK IT SUCKS TO LIVE WITH YOUR PARENTS WHEN YOU’RE THIRTY-SIX AND NINE MONTHS PREGNANT, JUST WAIT TILL THE DEA COMES KNOCKING (WITH THE IRS IN ... read more
NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe job of the skin is to keep it all in...On the island of Here, livin's easy. Conduct is orderly. Lawns are neat. Citizens are clean shaven-and Dave is the most fastidious of them all. Dave is bald, but for a single hair. He lo... read more
WINNER OF THE RWA PRISM AWARD FOR BEST TIME TRAVEL/STEAMPUNK AND A FINALIST FOR BEST FIRST BOOK A thriller, a romance, a 10,000-year adventure…The Memory Painter is “the guy-meets-girl story as you've never heard it before" (Refinery29).Bryan Pierce is an inte... read more
NOW A USA TODAY AND LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the award-winning author of The Memory Painter comes a sweeping and suspenseful tale of romance, fate, and fortune. Semele Cavnow appraises antiquities for an exclusive Manhattan auction house, deciphering a... read more
A thrilling page-turner from Gwendolyn Womack, the USA Today bestselling author of The Fortune Teller"The Time Collector's fast pace and fascinating premise will delight history and romance lovers."―Yangsze Choo, New York Times bestselling author of The Ghost ... read more
A Finalist for the International DUBLIN Literary Award • A Finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction • Longlisted for the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction • A Finalist for the Barry Ronge Fiction Prize • A Finalist for the Aidoo-Snyder Book Pr... read more
"Shelter is domestic drama at its best, a gripping narrative of secrets and revelations that seized me from beginning to end."―Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-Winning author of The SympathizerOne of The Millions' Most Anticipated Books of the Year (Selected ... read more
Shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize • Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize • Nominated for the Edinburgh First Book Award • One of The Observer's "New Faces of Fiction" • One of The Millions' "Most Anticipated Books of the Year" • One of The Guardian's ... read more
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